Hi, I’m Susana

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW,) with over 14 years of experience working in the mental health field. I am a bilingual English/Spanish bicultural therapist.

I specialize in providing holistic mental health therapy. This means my work with you will look at all factors in your life including environmental, cultural, mental, physical, and spiritual.

Another expertise of mine is, working with first gen women. First gen women can be described as women who identify as being the first in their family to go to college, and/or the first generation in their family to be born in the United States.

Often times there are added stressors, and barriers that first gen women face in society and within their families of origin. As a daughter of an immigrant from El Salvador, it is a population I understand and am passionate about working with.

Some areas of focus that I address in therapy with clients include;

  • Breaking toxic cycles

  • Reclaiming self worth

  • Setting sacred boundaries

Credentials & Modalities

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

    LIS# 29850 Board of Behavioral Sciences

  • -Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

    -Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    -Mindfulness

    -Strengths Based

  • -University of Southern California Master of Social Work, MSW 2009

    -University of California at Los Angeles BA in Sociology with a Minor in Women’s Studies 2003